Henri Safran
French-born Australian film director (born 1932)
Henri Safran (born 7 October 1932) is a Paris-born director who worked extensively in Australia. He worked in French television, then in Britain, before moving to Australia in 1960 to work with the ABC. He became an Australian citizen in 1963 but returned to England in 1966 to work on British television. He returned to Australia again in the mid-1970s.[1][2]
In Australia in the 1960s he formed a notable collaboration with Patricia Hooker.[3]
Select credits
- Traveller Without Luggage (1961)
- Jenny (1962) (TV movie)
- A Season in Hell (1964) (TV movie)
- A Sound of Trumpets (1964) (TV movie)
- The Swagman (1965) (TV play)
- The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me (1965) (TV play)
- Tartuffe (1965) (TV play)
- Write Me a Murder (1965) (TV play)
- Point of Departure (1966) (TV play)[4]
- The Tape Recorder (1966) (TV play)
- The Air-Conditioned Author (1966) (TV play)
- Done Away with It (1966) (TV play)
- Storm Boy (1976)
- Listen to the Lion (1977)
- Golden Soak (1979) (mini-series)
- Norman Loves Rose (1982)
- Bush Christmas (1983)
- The Edge of Power (1987)
- The Rogue Stallion (1990)
- Flair (1990) (mini-series)
References
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 306.
- ^ Margaret Smith, "Henri Safran talks about Norman Loves Rose", Cinema Papers, October 1982 p409 -412
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 June 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: A Season in Hell". Filmink.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (4 October 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Point of Departure and Man of Destiny". Filmink. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
External links
- Henri Safran at IMDb
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Films and TV directed by Henri Safran
- Traveller Without Luggage (1961)
- Jenny (1962)
- The Criminals (1962)
- Concord of Sweet Sounds (1963)
- A Local Boy (1964)
- A Sound of Trumpets (1964)
- Rape of the Belt (1964)
- A Season in Hell (1964)
- A Private Island (1964)
- The Swagman (1965)
- The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me (1965)
- Tartuffe (1965)
- The Tape Recorder (1965)
- Write Me a Murder (1965)
- Point of Departure (1966)
- The Air-Conditioned Author (1966)
- Done Away with It (1966)
- The Rogue Stallion (1990)
- Storm Boy (1976)
- Listen to the Lion (1977)
- Norman Loves Rose (1982)
- Bush Christmas (1983)
- The Wild Duck (1984)
- The Edge of Power (1987)
- Golden Soak (1979)
- A Fortunate Life (1985)
- Flair (1990)
- The Lancaster Miller Affair (1990)